Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.
From the New York Times, a look at how some foreign companies are responding to fears over the safety of products made in China: The recent wave of recalls and warnings from China has ignited worldwide concern about the safety of Chinese products, potentially mucking up a global system built, in large part, on outsourced […]
Read MoreChina Dialogue reports on a Beijing taxi driver who is working with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau to end China’s water woes: The bureau had begun a campaign on March 26 encouraging the public to: “Put forward suggestions for conservation in the capital and prepare for the green Olympics.” A month later, Liu stopped off […]
Read MoreIn US News and World Report, Joshua Kurlantzick looks at China’s soft power efforts in Burma (Myanmar): For years, China insisted it had a limited role in places like Myanmar (formerly Burma). It would invest and trade, yes, but not get involved in politics like the United States, which has imposed tough sanctions on the […]
Read MoreSlate looks into the sometimes unconventional methods Chinese sneaker companies have taken to market themselves as they compete against Nike and the other big players: With the world’s sneaker giants fixated on conquering East Asia, you’d think China’s domestic shoe producers might be feeling the pinch. But remarkably, local manufacturers have more than held their […]
Read MoreA monkey trainer in Datong, Shanxi Province, by zdzarski.junior
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